Finally the building begins. After waiting for the permit to arrive in the mail and the two week waiting period following, I am now legally allowed to build my new workshop. I started small. You can see the sonotubes ... Read more

All of my designs can be customized in terms of size, different woods and different colors. I recently completed and delivered an order for a large wall mirror, a hall table and two lamps to a home in NYC. Each of ... Read more

A fair curve is something that even the untrained eye can appreciate. It may be taken for granted when it is fair and true but it is easy to see when it is not fair and true. It will stick out like a sore thumb.A fair ... Read more

I frequently get emails from people who are interested in becoming a furniture maker or have recently started a furniture making business and are wondering if I would be willing to give them some advice. Usually they ... Read more

The Furniture Society Conference is coming up again and, just every year, I think I'll go, and then I don't. I expect this year will be the same. Like some other things in life, we think we might be more interested at ... Read more

I amoff in Thailand with my son, wife and new daughter, who we are in the process of adopting. With language barriers and a major difference in the ways of the U.S. Government vs the ways of the Thai people, it has ... Read more

Here is the monthly stream-of-consciousness about my shop construction. I have a permit to build - at least, the development review board approved my application, so I will get the paperwork in the mail in the next few ... Read more

Every since I saw Al Gore's movie The Inconvenient Truth I've been reading a lot of books about global warming - both the science that leads to the conclusion that this is really happening and possible solutions to the ... Read more

This is a rambler. There was no alcohol consumed during the writing of this and no animals were harmed, but you may want to think about it if you get through this (drinking that is, not harming animals). I have been ... Read more

Well, the office work has slowed some lately and I'm enjoying being back in the shop a bit more ... Today, there was a desk top fresh out of the planer and everyone else was working away so I got out my trusty Stanley ... Read more